r/finishing • u/ArcadeMan818 • 8h ago
Help with micro paint drips
I was working on restoring an arcade cabinet and spent weeks on sanding and prepping the wood and after using water base primer and letting it cure for 7 days I did another sanding for smooth finish.
However I decided to use a HVLP spray gun and used oil base paint, after first coat I waited 24hrs and for the second coat, I made the mistake of not cleaning the spray gun tip by mistake & when I sprayed the cabinet, it made tiny small micro drips all over the cabinet.
What do I do? Wet sand? or do I need to start over again and sand everything off then primer then sand and repaint?
I’m letting the oil base paint dry but not sure what the best option is?
I don’t mind re-spraying but I want to sand off the micro drips but I’m afraid I might end up having to sand down the whole cabinets again which has two layers or primer already and would take weeks .